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| Holy Crayon written in Saddam Hussein's own blood poses dilemma for Iraq leaders |
| 2010-12-21 |
 And then there are the Sunnis themselves, who are fearful of government retribution if they open the doors and of divine disapproval if they treat this particularly gruesome volume of the Qur'an with the reverence of a holy book.It's the money, isn't it? "It was wrong to do what he did, to write it in blood," says Sheikh Samarrai. "It is haraam [forbidden]." Better dig him up and stone him then. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #14 The first chapter's already been written, ryuge - it's titled "Bambi-care." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-12-21 20:52 |
| #13 This just in: The Surgeon General has announced a plan to write a version of The Audacity of Hope with the blood of taxpayers. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2010-12-21 20:16 |
| #12 FYI Saddam was planning to write a Quran in his own blood since the late 1960's + 1970's, to prove his willingness to die for his beliefs, Allh, + Iraqi Nation. * SHADE OF ATTILA THE HUN versus childhood Friend, adult Opponent AETIUS aka "LAST OF THE OLD ROMANS". Not unlike Myself + [Whitney Huston fan] OSAMA per the 1980's Afghan War agz the USSR, I again found it ironic to had helped plan the defeat Saddam's Army in Kuwait during DESERT SHIELD/STORM. [DARTH "YOUNG SKYWALKER MUST NOT BECOME A JEDI ...HE WILL JOIN US OR DIE" VADER here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-21 19:47 |
| #11 A young, pre-revolutionary SADDAM back in the 1970's proclaimed to be personally upset at America's role, influence in the Mideast, espec as per support for Israel. During DESERT SHIELD + early 1990's it was seeming US-NATO support + protection of Saudi Arabia despite that Govt's pervasive suppor for RADICAL WAHABBISM, includ MILITANT JIHAD. Saddam was a complex Personage, Leader to be sure - IMO he was definitely a PRO-SECULAR, PRO-MODERNIST, ARAB NATIONALIST = "ARABIA [Mideast] FOR ARABS+ MUSLIMS" ONLY whom disliked the Ultra-Conservative-Traditionalist, "primitive" aspects of Islam. IMO also, outside of ISRAEL + SHAH OF IRAN + TURKEY, Saddam in LT could had been the MOST POTENT POST-SHAH SECUALR MUSLIM ALLY OF THE US-NATO IN THE MIDDLE EAST IFF HE + SAME COULD OVERCOME THEIR RELATIVE DIFFERENCES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-21 19:32 |
| #10 Better test that blood, it's probably Porcine. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-12-21 12:16 |
| #9 #5 He was just trying to B Positive. har har |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2010-12-21 11:57 |
| #8 Clatto! Verata! Nnnnn?..necktie?..neckturn?...nickle?... |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-12-21 11:24 |
| #7 It is not plausible that Saddam actual gave 27 litres of blood for this. Typically, a healthy donor can provide a bit less than a half a litre every two months. Do the math. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2010-12-21 11:21 |
| #6 Painted yourselves into a bloody corner, did ya now? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-12-21 10:57 |
| #5 He was just trying to B Positive. |
| Posted by: swanimote 2010-12-21 10:47 |
| #4 flush it. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-12-21 10:26 |
| #3 The bloody Qur'an? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-12-21 08:26 |
| #2 wonder if it was even his own blood? |
| Posted by: chris 2010-12-21 08:03 |
| #1 weird. bio-hazard. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-12-21 03:00 |